Rusty Humphries

In addition to his national program, Humphries simultaneously hosted a local show in Atlanta on WGST for 2011 and 2012.

Humphries is a singer/songwriter. Rusty has two young daughters, Katelynn and Karaline. Humphries' first wife, Ami Kathleen, died on July 17, 2008, after a long battle with interstitial cystitis. Humphries discussed her death when he returned to the air on July 28, 2008.

Humphries was named one of "America's 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts" for 17 years in a row, and he was nominated as "Talk Personality Of The Year" by Radio & Records in 2006. Humphries was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame as its youngest inductee ever. He was ranked number 14 in the Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred" for 2013.

After his two "Rusty Humphries' Salute to the American Veterans" concerts drew a 7,000-person, sold-out crowd on Veterans Day in 1999 and 2000, Humphries was named "Reno's #1 local entertainer."

Humphries successfully "smuggled" a toy knife, a toy gun, and toy hand grenades into the DFW Airport as an on-air investigation into airport preparedness on January 15, 1991. He was arrested for the investigation, done as a personality for KEGL (97.1 FM) based in Dallas, Texas.

Humphries graduated from Mount Rainier High School of Des Moines, Washington, in 1983. Humphries graduated from the University Of Washington of Seattle, Washington, in 1987. And he also likes to tell people he went to Harvard but only for a weekend.

Humphries' father was killed in the Vietnam War on January 26, 1969.

Rusty Humphries (born August 29, 1965) is an American broadcaster, conservative political commentator, and songwriter. He hosts the Rusty Humphries Rebellion podcast. Humphries' former nationally syndicated radio show, The Rusty Humphries Show, aired on over 250 stations and was ranked as the 6th largest talk program in the United States.